Rosgosstrakh’s strategic research center came up with the results of its Bank Brands survey that measured the on-the-spot awareness of a particular brand. Those surveyed were asked, ‘What banks do you know?’ The percentage was calculated on the basis of the total number of responses. In addition to Russian banks, a number of foreign banks operating in Russia were also featured in the survey. In comparison with the year 2010, the number of people aware of the Austrian Raiffeisenbank declined from 10% to 7%; that of respondents aware of the U.S. Citibank decreased from 5% to 4%, and the number

Ural Federal District division of Russia’s Federal Financial Markets Service completed a scheduled on-site inspection of Tyumen Commercial Agroindustrial Bank. The inspection resulted in the agency’s order for the bank to stop violating the Russian legislation and to take measures to prevent such violations from happening in the future.

Ural Asbestos Ore Mining & Processing Plant dumped 5,900 tons of pollutants in the air last year, which amounted to 73.2% of all the harmful emissions in the town of Asbest. These data are available from a public report on the state of and protection of Sverdlovsk Region environment in the year 2010. The report was compiled on the basis of data provided by the state statistical bodies and environmental monitoring agencies as well as information provided by state-run environmental protection agencies and leading conservationist and environmentalist organizations.

MDM Bank reports that an agreement has been reached that leaves Igor Kim without a stake in the bank’s capital. The bank’s BOD Chairman Oleg Vyugin said that the negotiations also resulted in the agreement to sell a 100% shareholding in LTB Bank (MDM Group’s former member) to Kim. The bank’s Board of Directors and its leading stockholders supported the transaction.

Russian Chrome 1915 dumped 1.3m cubic meters of wastewater last year, which amounted to 4% of all the harmful water discharge in the town of Pervouralsk. These data are available from a public report on the state of and protection of Sverdlovsk Region environment in the year 2010. The report was compiled on the basis of data provided by the state statistical bodies and environmental monitoring agencies as well as information provided by state-run environmental protection agencies and leading conservationist and environmentalist organizations.

В 9.45 глава администрации Челябинска Сергей Давыдов примет участие в выездном совещании по вопросам реконструкции очистных сооружений канализации МУП «ПОВВ» (Очистные сооружения канализации, перед постом ГАИ на ЧМЗ). В 10.00 в Управлении Челябинских тепловых сетей (ул. III Интернационала, 111а) состоится торжественное мероприятие, посвященное пуску в эксплуатацию первых объектов кольцевой схемы теплоснабжения Челябинска. В 11.00 в резиденции губернатора (ул. Цвиллинга, 27) состоится встреча Верховного Муфтия России Т. Таджутддина, Архиепископа Челябинска и Златоустовского Феофана и Муфтия

2 декабря в Челябинске состоится вручение третьей ежегодной премии «Финансовая гордость Южного Урала». 7-8 декабря в Челябинске пройдет форум финансовых директоров «Управляя развитием».